Princess Amalia: The little girl who will become heir to the Dutch throne

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Back to storyJanuary 30, 2013 - 13:20 CETby hellomagazine.comHello! Online profiles Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, who is set to become The Princess of Orange and heir presumtive following the abdication of her grandmother, Queen Beatrix.

Speaking to Vanity Fair about family life, Willem-Alexander said: "When we spend time with them, I think we do our utmost best to be really with them — on vacations or during weekends or even at breakfast in the morning.

"They go to an ordinary public school, and they have ordinary lives as many of their friends of the same age"

Amalia is now poised to become heir apparent to the Dutch throne, with the title of Princess of Orange, upon the abdication of her grandmother Beatrix and the accession of her father on April 30, 2013

Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima's first child, Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, was born on December 7 2003.

After her birth was made public, 101 gun salutes were fired from four different places in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Catharina-Amalia was baptised in The Hague on June 12, 2004

Her godparents included her uncles, Prince Constantijn and Martin Zorreguieta, and the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, pictured left

One-year-old Amalia soon joined the family on their winter holidays in Lech, Austria

In June 2005, Maxima welcomed her second daughter, Princess Alexia, giving Amalia a sibling to play with

Since Amalia's birth, the royal couple decided that they wanted their children to lead a normal life, away from the cameras.

"If Amalia has a public duty in the future and doesn't have a normal childhood, then it would be almost impossible for her to get to know herself," the Prince said.

"It's much better that you get that chance to develop yourself before you go into public life"

From a young age, Amalia has been around Princes and Princesses, seen here with Princess Aiko of Japan during a summer holiday in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

The future heir to the throne was enrolled in Bloemcamp school in Wassenaar, on December 10

During the five years that Amalia has been at school, she has shown she is a gifted linguist, speaking, besides Dutch, Spanish and English

She is also a very active young girl and is passionate about sports such as judo, hockey and equestrian pursuits

Amalia is a caring big sister to her two siblings, Alexia, pictured, and Ariane

In 2010, Amalia attended her first big royal event, Princess Victoria and Daniel's wedding in Sweden.

She served as one the bride's flower girls with her other 'royal cousins', Christian of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Norway, who are also Victoria's godchildren and future heirs to the throne in their respective countries